Cuomo budget a milestone, but comes with criticism

9:42 PM,
Apr. 2, 2013

Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Written by

Jessica Alaimo
Staff writer

Gov. Andrew Cuomo hardly gets far into any speech without mentioning how fundamentally screwed up Albany was before he took office. He proudly touts that government is working again, and speaking in a broader sense, even his opponents would be hard-pressed to disagree.

On Tuesday, Cuomo stopped by Buffalo and Rochester on a victory lap of sorts. His administration just passed its third on time budget, and he couldn't help but rub it in: That's one more than his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, accomplished when he ran the state in 1980s.